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= Seven Wonders of the Ancient World =

**The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World refers to remarkable constructions of classical antiquity ,comprise seven works located around the eastern Mediterranean rim. ** **The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, The Colossus of Rhodes and The Lighthouse of Alexandria. ** **Of the original Seven Wonders, only one—the Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the ancient wonders—remains relatively intact. **

** The Lighthouse of Alexandria ** **The Pharos of Alexandria was one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World and the only one that had a practical purpose, it helped to guide the ships to the port of Alexandria in Egypt avoiding the labyrinth of sandbars. It was built in the 3rd century B.C and it was around 117 and 134 meters tall. It had a structural composed in three parts, constructed with light-colored stone and polished bronze mirrors that reflected the sun rays in the daytime and in the night they used the fire to guide. The lighthouse’s design had an influence in the mosque’s design and in the constructions of others pharos. During the 14th century the earthquakes and the external factors made the tower fell down. **

**Questions** •**What kind of material was used for the construction of the pyramids of Giza?**  **•How were the series of smaller satellite buildings in ancient Egypt called**  **•The three pyramids of Giza were know as the Great Pyramid (or the Pyramid of Cheops), Pyramid of Khafre and Menkaure Pyramid**  **•Do the pyramids of Giza represent the link between heaven and earth?**

**Questions and Answers**
**The great pyramid ( or the Pyramid of Cheops) served as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu?** **•Yes, the Pyramid of Cheops served as tomb of Pharaoh Khufu.**  **The pyramids of Egypt were built between 2600 and 2500 BC?**  **•Yes, If you were the phenomenal achievement of Egyptian construction and engineering built between 2500 and 2600 BC.**  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**What are the names of the three pyramids of Egypt?**  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**•Pyramid of Cheops, Pyramid of Khafre and Pyramid of Menkaure.**  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Which of the three pyramids still shows its original coating?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**•The pyramid of Khafre still shows off part of its original coating.**

= <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;">Seven Wonders of the Modern World =

**<span style="color: #0db50d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">HALLSTATT ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hallstatt is a village located in Austria. It was constructed 400 years ago. In 1311, Hallstatt became a market town, he first road to Hallstatt was only built in 1890, along the west shore, in 1997 it was declared as Word Heritage, in 1846 Johann Georg Ramsauer discovered a prehistoric cemetery. There is so little place for cemeteries that every ten years bones used to be exhumed to make room for new burials. At the local chapel, on a display is collection of elaborately decorated skulls with the owners' names, professions, death dates inscribed on them and salt is valuable resource, Hallstatt has the world's first known salt mine, located above downtown. ** <span style="color: #0db50d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE**    **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Sydney Opera House is a modern expressionist design, with a series of large precast concrete shells, forming the roofs of the structure set on a monumental podium. The building 120m wide at its widest point. The Sydney Opera House has about 1000 rooms, including five theatres, five rehearsal studios, two main halls, four restaurants, six bars and numerous souvenir shops. A design competition was launched on 13 September 1955 and received 233 entries. The criteria specified a large hall seating 3,000 and a small hall for 1,200 people, each to be designed for different uses .The winner, announced in 1957, was Jørn Utzon, a Danish architect. Utzon visited Sydney in 1957 to help supervise the project. The Opera House was formally completed in 1973,h aving cost $102 million. The original cost estimate in 1957 was 7 million. Because of this, Utzon had a tense relationship with the contractors and left the project on 28 February 1966. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in history. Its design draws much attention and is one of the most visited in the world. **